Sarah Palin

Palin Doesn't Have a New Job Lined Up, Her Attorney Says

By Kimberly Kindy
Departing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has no new job offer and is resigning because of her combative relationship with the state legislature and because of the distractions and costs of fighting off numerous ethics complaints, her private attorney said.

In an interview with The Washington Post this week, attorney Thomas V. Van Flein said Palin has "received hundreds of credible offers since the campaign, none of which she has accepted or pursued, with the exception of her book deal."

Among the offers were jobs in media, including offers to host her own talk show, and requests that she consider appearances in Hollywood productions, he said, declining to be more specific.

Van Flein said he hopes Palin will take time off to rest and be with her family but said, "she is a woman with a lot of energy. We'll see."

Palin and state lawmakers have acknowledged the growing strain in their working relationship since she returned from the campaign trail with Arizona Sen. John McCain. Van Flein attributed the strain largely to the partisan role she played in the campaign.

He said Alaska lawmakers and residents were accustomed to a bipartisan governor, and were taken by surprise by much of the criticism Palin aimed at Obama and Biden during the campaign.

"Lines were drawn. McCain was to play the role of statesman and Palin was to play the role of a partisan," he said. "She didn't change but the people around her, their perspective of her changed."

The state estimates it has spent nearly $2 million to process public records act requests focused on Palin and to investigate as many as 19 ethics complaints filed against her. Van Flein said this week's filing of yet another complaint, this one accusing Palin of claiming a $60 travel reimbursement for days she worked in Anchorage and stayed at her home 45 miles away in Wasilla, was a sign that the complaints were likely to keep coming.

"She felt she needed to step aside," he said. "It was becoming a huge distraction."

Comments

And who dragged this teen aged boy into the limelight? Again Mrs. Palin. He was a teen dragged into the spotlight to make her and her family look good. So when reporters came flocking what would any teen aged boy do? If she can use him for her benefit why can't he get something out of it as well?

Posted by: catmomtx | July 11, 2009 5:42 PM

Is this a picture of Ellie May trying to catch her critters out in the mud?

Posted by: seemstome | July 11, 2009 7:12 AM

There's that damned media again attacking Palin. Levi has been working with them all along since the republican convention.

Posted by: seemstome | July 11, 2009 7:08 AM

Levi Johnson's motto "mess with me and you mess with the whole trailer park"

Posted by: seemstome | July 11, 2009 7:03 AM

Levi Johnston, ex-boyfriend and baby-daddy to Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol, has put his would-be mother-in-law on the defensive by saying that the Alaska governor hastily abandoned her position in order to cash in on fame. "[She] had talked about how nice it would be to take some of this money people have been offering us and just run with it, and saying forget everything else," said the 19-year-old during a news conference in Anchorage.

Posted by: seemstome | July 11, 2009 7:01 AM

I was one who thought that Sarah Palin was the only bright spot on the (R) side after they chose McCain, aka, Yosemite Sam...have to say this part of the story I had not counted on nor predicted. I still have faith in where she's headed. While she doesn't have the $$ that Meg Whitman had after leaving her last job, there are some strong women in the (R) group.

Hang in there Sarah we are still talking about you.

Posted by: subscriptionator | July 10, 2009 8:39 PM

the picture of Sarah Palin in this article was not taken in Wasilla. The Palin's set net site is in Bristol bay. (hence the daughters name) Bristol bay is approximatly 150 miles south west of Wasilla. basic research...keep up the good work!

Posted by: AKLOKI | July 10, 2009 6:05 PM

Clearly with the ease with which she became governor in Alaska, my only concern should we all be moving there to enjoy a similar life style and benefits? After all qualifications wont be a concern. Not to mention, when the going gets tough-- try fishing! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhwPssa8-sc

Posted by: Victoria5 | July 10, 2009 5:00 PM

TRUTHSEEKER- Are you feigning ignorance?

Are proving yourself a Card Carrying Dimocrat?

Sarah is beyond Impeachment, and YOU appointed me "Cheerleader"!

I was simply leading a Cheer for the GOP!

Shame we are going to have to wait until Hairy Reid loses in Nevada soon to begin it! :-(

I heard that Sarah Palin is starting a new sporting event. It's called The Iquiterod. (It's kind of like the Iditarod, except you can quit half way through and still claim to have won it).

Posted by: CoolOnion | July 10, 2009 10:09 AM

do i smell another stimulus package? obama doesnt have a clue whats goin on.. hes running our gov. like a dam casino. college grads are working at mcdonalds for christ sake. the last stimulus had nothig to do with creating jobs.NOTHING..(ZERO OBAMA HAS FAILED)-big time.. obama is got to be the most ignorant pres we ever HAD..AND YOU PEOPLE ATTACK SARAH, AND HER CHILDREN? WTF. isnt she one of us--you know an (AMERICAN).-WHY ISNT ANYONE ATTACK HER POLICIES??????? theres no terrorist sh-t gion on to report.. the FACT is that sarah is a threat to both parties rep. and dems. media, because of her stands on corruption..washington dont need anyone like her exposing there kickbacks, scams, schemes,ect going on there now do we.. afterall she exposed her own party to corruption..this article is misleading her, to something shes not.. shes just an american woman with a spine,with the heart to do the right thing, thats it.. no more no less-- (quote for the day)- the dumb is always eaisly influenced by words and not FACTS-- remember this the next time you pay your taxes..we are going to need her reagan style politics, after obama bankrupts us..

Posted by: darin_holmes | July 9, 2009 10:55 PM

Palin plays a very important social role in America. She provides employment to hundreds of lazy and stupid reporters and pundits who have nothing better to do than write stories about her.

Unfortunately, we have not seen the last of her. All the media does is make her more popular.

Posted by: alance | July 9, 2009 10:45 PM

SAINT__T: Don't know what your "role" is but you lost me with "IMPEACH". Which orifice did you pull this out of? Where are going with this? Do you honestly believe that Palin bailed to avoid being impeached? I thought you were her college buddy - what gives??? What could you possibly be thinking??

Posted by: truthseeker13 | July 9, 2009 10:39 PM

Sarah Palin can't string three sentences together coherently. So how on earth could she host a TV talk show?

Posted by: Krisipuu | July 9, 2009 9:29 PM

OMG, I really can't believe the people on here who want to make an issue out of the shorts Malia Obama had on. People, people, people, please get a grip !!! Is it really that bad for you to see this wonderful family representing our country in a way that it hasn't been in the past eight years? Yesterday some of you same people were probably in the group complaining about the Obama girls wearing clothes from J. Crew, wow !!!They are spending too much, how dare they buy clothes from J. Crew, how dare they take their children on a trip. Get over yourselves and your hatred. It is stupid and a disgrace to our country to see you people be so negative towards our duly elected President.

Posted by: catmomtx | July 9, 2009 9:19 PM

Well, Sarah, welcome to the world within which, oh, Senator Edward Kennedy has had to live his life since the 1960's.

You don't suppose that Republicans keep opposition researchers busy looking for avenues by which to attack him, do you?

Welcome to the world within which Bill and Hillary Clinton have lived for twenty years now.

And Sarah - if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. This isn't a game for cheerleaders who burst into tears or incoherent recriminations the moment the adulation stops.

Posted by: douglaslbarber | July 9, 2009 7:55 PM

Palin doesn't need a job because she has refined the art of getting things for free such as expensive clothes and other freebies.

Posted by: truth1 | July 9, 2009 7:31 PM

There has to be some cogent reason she is resigning that somebody can articulate. All of the speculation is downright comical. Sarah! Why did you go quits on a cush job? How hard can it be to be Gov of Alaska. The whole state has less people than a Chicago suburb.

Enough. A moratorium on Palin stories. Stoppit. Let her recede into the distance. Goodbye! Farewell! Have a really great life.

Posted by: roboturkey | July 9, 2009 7:19 PM

I'm going to miss Sarah Palin. She's just the right amount of crazy and unpredictable to amuse. It's been a nice distraction from the mediocrity of the current administration. Maybe the president could give her some sort of post to liven things up a bit in Washington...

Posted by: vn11701 | July 9, 2009 7:02 PM

LOL!

Truthseeker: Here is some "Truth".

I was also attending Hawaii Pacific University when Sarah was there! ;~)

Todd knows how I feel about Sarah! ;~)

But, as for my "Role"...

Gimme an "I"!
Gimme a "M"!
Gimme a "P"!
Gimme an "E"
Gimme an "A"!
Gimme a "C"!
Gimme a "H"!!!!

What's that Spell?! ;~)

Posted by: SAINT---The | July 9, 2009 6:52 PM

No job? We needn't worry about Sarah and her family. She'll collect millions from the book. And, Rupert Murdoch will hire to be a host or commentator on Fox News, pay her a million or two a year, and throw in a designer wardrobe from Saks and Nieman-Marcus.

Posted by: drlatham22 | July 9, 2009 6:49 PM

SAINT__T: You are quite the cheerleader - got to hand it to you, you have passion for your cause. Unfortunately Republicans need to do a lot more than cosmetic rebranding through NCNA and replacing Steele with Bail'n Pail'n. Keep your pants on! Don't think Tod would appreciate your drooling all over his wife . . . you're quite a piece of work!!!

Posted by: truthseeker13 | July 9, 2009 6:42 PM

Sweeeeet!

Just caught some rumor-mongering!

Sarah Palin replacing Steele!

Folks, THAT would be an excellent place for her;

and a Mighty Boon for the National Council for a New America!

Could it be TRUE? :-)

Posted by: SAINT---The | July 9, 2009 6:22 PM

The Palin does not need a Job, she will be collecting a life time pension for the state of Alaska Taxpayers and has a million IOUs that she will cash in, not to mention the book deals and all the other free bees. More so she has a pipe line to that evangelical Sunday Christan hypocrite god and all the other like minded SOBs misled and gullible, who with all their perversity of inequality, rights only of their kind, that eat from the same trough.

Posted by: goldengate | July 9, 2009 6:12 PM

Yea, like most politicians, She has already stolen enough money from the system to live comfortably for the rest of her life.

Posted by: maphound | July 9, 2009 5:59 PM

washingtondame: "Anybody who thinks that Palin is a bad parent, go take a look on the Drudge Reports of the photo of Malia Obama wearing Daisy Dukes and looking like something out of Taxi Driver. Based on that photo, the Obamas will be grandparents before his term is out."

If you think that's a sexy look, there's something very wrong with the way you view children. Shorts like that are worn by Just about every kid in my neighborhood. And for their sake, I hope you live far, far away from them. Pervert.

Posted by: whatmeregister | July 9, 2009 5:54 PM

Wow, jillian, if you are a Palin supporter, much is explained by your post. Enjoy the next 7 and a half years of President Obama. I will.

Posted by: benjaminanderson | July 9, 2009 5:46 PM

Sarah is incompetent even as a parent.Her first 3 kids are poorly educated, had drugs, eldest girl got pregnant and did not graduate from high school. Very poor parenting, considering she has a husband who does not seem to have a job. What is there to admire about Palin? She can't speak in complete sentences (like Dubya), she has a smattering of intellect and she lies a lot. 2008 was her chance and she blew it. Palin should have stood by her state and finished her term.

Posted by: mstratas | July 9, 2009 5:38 PM

As a faithful Democrat I want to wish Sarah a continued association with the highest levels of the Republican Party. May her 2012 presidential campaign be noisy and well funded!

Posted by: kencorn | July 9, 2009 5:38 PM

Washingtondame, I apologize. My remarks about Oreo's father being a bigamist should have been directed to trudy41.

Posted by: jilliangood | July 9, 2009 5:12 PM

C'mon Postal!

Get some Facts, or at least a Clue!

Here is a "Bone":

Sarah Palin is a member of the National Council for a New America.

She is now free to join Mitt Romney, McCain, Jindal, Jeb, Cantor, John Cornyn, Kaye Bailey Hutchison, and many other prominent RepubliCans out to reach to the Constituents to get OUR input!

I would bet she and the Council are eying California, and Nevada BIG TIME, as places where the Re-taking of this once capitalist Country from the Socialist Incompetents BEGINS!

Harry Reid is SOOOOOOOO Gone!

The Libbie Witch of the West, San Fran Nan;

will be NEXT! ;~)

Posted by: SAINT---The | July 9, 2009 5:05 PM

WashingtonDame,

You have to be a pedophile to broach ‘sexually” to a ten/eleven year old child. SHAME ON YOU. So much for “family values”.
For your information, these shorts are FAR from being “Daisy Dukes”. Even creepy Drudge knows better; he was talking about her “peace” T-Shirt.

Posted by: JHigginss | July 9, 2009 4:47 PM

Ms. Palin might have been played by the McCain campaign, but she willingly and enthusiastically played the ATTCACK DOG role. She went beyond “the attack dog” role by throwing everything to Obama/Biden team and continued to play that partisan role post election. She can’t blame anyone on that. She certainly can’t blame that on Democrats as Republicans control Alaska legislation.
Personally, I don’t think her woes can completely be attributed to “her attacks”. It’s more her intellect and character or rather lack of character.

Posted by: JJames081 | July 9, 2009 4:29 PM

Next word to be added to English Dictionary with multiple meanings.

Palining: Being proud after quiting/Not conceding after losing/Boasting of not being accountable/It's everybody else's fault

or,

Being simply confused with pride

Posted by: PD11 | July 9, 2009 4:27 PM

Oh, look! All the liberals posting here, your hair is on fire! But not to worry, your non-brains are not threatened.

Posted by: jilliangood | July 9, 2009 4:23 PM

"Did all the liberals take hate classes?"

You must be talking about Rush Limbaugh, Shawn Hannity, Mike Savage, Mark Levin, Monica Crawly, Laura Ingram, just a few to start with!! Oh, and the great "Fair and Balanced" networkers!

Nice going!!

Posted by: PD11 | July 9, 2009 4:19 PM

I guess Palin found it impossible to stump for President 2012, pander to "All-American" and Pro-life groups garnering huge speaker's fees, do countless media interviews, and stump her new book with $1 million dollar royalties, while on the Alaskan government payroll. Money and Ambition trump obligations to the Alaskan people. Most folks would agree.

Posted by: logcabin1836 | July 9, 2009 4:18 PM

LOL! :-D

Whatever "Truthseeker" is on;

I want TWO! ;~)

Posted by: SAINT---The | July 9, 2009 4:15 PM

Republicans seem baffled that anyone would dare queston Palin's impeccable record, her experience, her world views. I live in the Colorado Rockies and love the outdoors and admire the life the Palin family lives. But I have grave doubts that she could ever be qualified for the highest office in our land. It is not hatred to say that her world view - can you imagine the "Palin Doctrine"? (Bush Doctine on steroids). I am looking forward to a peace dividend coming from the Obama Doctrine. Cleaning up after the Bush economic disaster is a huge challenge. It remains to be seen if Americans can focus enough to rise to this challenge. Our Democracy is fragile, only as strong as the electorate is informed and educated.

Posted by: truthseeker13 | July 9, 2009 4:12 PM

Tee hee. Looks like you liberals can dish the dirt, but just can't stand it when somebody returns the favor.

Posted by: WashingtonDame | July 9, 2009 4:12 PM

LOL! :-D

Oh, what WILL the Hateful Libbies have to attack Now?

Hey Newt! Jindal! Romney! Jeb! and Fox News...

DUCK! Incoming FIRE! ;~)

Posted by: SAINT---The | July 9, 2009 4:09 PM

What's the next topic with a Painin hook ?

Posted by: whocares666 | July 9, 2009 4:09 PM

"That boy wasn't going to marry that girl unless Palin made it into office IF... even then"
I agree. He bailed and dumped Ms. Bristol at the first opportunity that came his way. Not sure that I blame him either.
Imagine being forced into a marriage that he probably never wanted to begin with and the propect of Sarah Sanctimonious as Ma- in-Law.

Posted by: aries4 | July 9, 2009 4:02 PM

"Malia Obama wearing Daisy Dukes and looking like something out of Taxi Driver."

Haw-haw-haw-haw

I remember Daisy Dukes and these are nowhere NEAR short enough to qualify (nor is Malia "endowed" enough to pull of the look even if they WERE Daisy Dukes!).

Go take a pull of your smelling salts.

Posted by: Skowronek | July 9, 2009 3:46 PM

She arrives a "Sarah who", gives a speech that gets the highest ratings ever for a political convention, punches a big dent in the only other "outsider" in the race (who had accepted his party's nomination a few weeks before. Can't understand why anyone in an opposition party would throw everything they had at someone who gained a bigger audience three seconds after she began her speech than the bunch that had spent billions of dollars and three years of taxpayer-funded money getting ready.

And the comments here just repeat the theme -- We're so scared of this person, we will say or do anything to get her out of the way. And if you're a media person or lawyer -- your handiwork cost our country a charismatic leader. I see the pride in the accomplishment welling up already.

I'm proud of my President for the same reason -- the guy has guts and gets stuff done -- don't agree with some of the philosophies, but the charisma and leadership is to be appreciated and honored.

And you party loyalists -- you'd vote for a fire hydrant if it had your party's colors -- Yeah, I'm really anxious to have your careful deliberation choosing who will lead our country.

Posted by: tommariner | July 9, 2009 3:39 PM

Did all the liberals take hate classes? Sure are an ugly crew. Brainwashed by the media, more likely.

Posted by: jilliangood | July 9, 2009 3:36 PM

Washingtondame, check it out. Obama's father was married to a woman in Africa. They had four children. Obama was conceived out of wedlock. Since you are so pure maybe nothing like this has happened in your family. Throw stones if you like, but you look ridiculous.

Posted by: jilliangood | July 9, 2009 3:30 PM

WashingtonDame,

You're pathetic. You support Palin, whose first child was conceived out of wedlock, and whose daughter has an out of wedlock baby, and you try to smear a young girl of exemplary morals like Malia Obama by lying about what she's wearing.

Either you're completely nuts or you've been living some place where women and girls wear burkas. I wore shorts like that 50 years ago.

Posted by: trudy41 | July 9, 2009 3:19 PM

The GOP needs to distance themselves from this woman ASAP.

Even a few pundits on Fox have started to side with the Palin detractors. It has become clear, even to those who emptily trumpeted for her, that she is not the GOP horse to bet on.

The issues with legislators are not new since the campaign, though. I recall some extremely harsh comments being made by the *Republican* leadership of the legislature when Palin was selected -- along the lines of "her only qualifications are being over 35 and an American citizen".

Posted by: davestickler | July 9, 2009 2:55 PM

Wow, 2 different names posted the same stuff about Malia Obama's shorts. I looked at the pictures and they are definately shorts and not hot pants. First question, why the fuss? Kids don't like hot weather anymore then adults do, and little girls have worn short dresses since the beginning of time. Second, Malia Obama's what, 11? Why on earth are you noticing her sex appeal when she doesn't even have breasts??

And I know people are up in arms about Bristol Palin's pregnancy, but she's a legel adult now isn't she? And she is old enough to have a sex life and boyfriend. Talking about her sex life is perhaps not in good taste but is not quite the same thing as oogling a preteen who hasn't gone through puberty.

Posted by: persimonix1 | July 9, 2009 2:53 PM

Don't hold your breath Palin. Alberto Gonzales just found a job after stepping down as AG almost two years ago.

That photo was the weakest argument I've seen and is an obvious sign of desperation.

You and others don't get it. The issue with Palin and her daughter is not that she had a baby. THEY made it an issue by trying to put the family out there and on top of it LYING. That boy wasn't going to marry that girl unless Palin made it into office IF... even then.

She is going to support her child and grandchild like most other parents are but at the same time knock them for doing so???

Everything that I see them doing is for money. I'm waiting on Todd to join Dancing with the Stars or some type of reality show or something.

All this "I'm a victim" crying needs to end. I don't think that is a good sign of leadership. Neither is quitting. Neither is lying to your people that you would finish out your term and continue to govern. Or is that she didn't want to lose twice in a row. hmmmmm...

Posted by: bbg_isback | July 9, 2009 2:49 PM

See? How easy was that? Palin held a press conference but so bungled it she had to have her attorney tell us what was obvious to anyone with an independent intellect: She quit. She quit on her state because she was getting investigated and could no longer afford to keep operating as her myriad ethical lapses were investigated.

Palin needed an ATTORNEY to tell the TRUTH because SHE CANT OUT OF EMBARRASMENT AND FAILURE.

That's a candidate i can't wait to run for the neocons and fundamentalists!

Posted by: onestring | July 9, 2009 2:49 PM

It isn't about whether mothers are "more nurturing" or more involved. Fathers should be just as involved. And to those who say "she says one thing and does another", are you serious? My mother doesn't agree with dating outside your race, but I do it anyway. Is this a failure on her part? To some crazy conservatives, it might be. However, it doesn't change the fact that this is what she believes. It is the same with Palin. She doesn't believe in pre-marital sex but just because her daughter did it, it makes her a hypocrit? It would make Sarah Palin a hypocrit to say that and then have been an unwed 15 year old mother. It is such a stretch to say that the sins of the daughter automatically stain the mother. Sigh, still more examples why brilliant women refuse to go into politics. They can count on their every action and all the actions of their children being blasted across cyberspace 24/7.

Posted by: lafilleverte | July 9, 2009 2:01 PM

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Check the dates of Sarah's marriage, and the birth of her oldest. And yes it was reported during her failed VP bid. She is a hypocrite.

Posted by: alysheba_3 | July 9, 2009 2:38 PM

Who cares.

Posted by: jryan758 | July 9, 2009 2:32 PM

What a Country, sometimes looks like a banana place.

Posted by: alfonsorfarina | July 9, 2009 2:25 PM

Sarah Palin is a disgrace, a prima donna, a quitter, a failed, irresponsible manager of public office AND parenthood. It's odd to me how people don't see through her false front of "humility" and "values".

@WashingtonDame: speculation is worth less than a penny. Weigh back in when your doomsday prediction actually happens, Nostradamus. In the meanwhile, SP has already demonstrated the "good parenting skills" you so loudly condemn.

Posted by: YSI01 | July 9, 2009 2:23 PM

Do Republicans even remember that John McCain (one of their party's members that they had loved to hate in the 90s and who they made an undeniably foolish choice in nominating) is the person who brought this foolish, mentally unbalanced woman into the spotlight in the first place? Would she have ever arrived there on her own? Im a proud independent who has supported candidates on both sides over the last 3 decades, and Im anything but a "liberal" when it comes to issues like gun control and death penalty. But I have been completely mystified at the utter self-destructive nature of Republicans. It's bad enough that youve put loud, brash, obnoxiously self-righteous egomaniacs like Ann Coulter up as your media standard bearers, but to keep supporting this chickenbrained infant beyond all reason makes YOUR intelligence suspect.

Im starting to think the "dumbing down" of America that started in the 70s has worked all too well. People worship stupidity now. It's a sickening statement about American culture, and its the REAL reason that Europeans rightly laugh at most of our politicians. After a decade of having to literally cringe when Bush would come on the air to speak live, waiting for the inevitably halfwitted giggling and leering at the reporters as he muffs line after line, it just outrages me that some Republicans (hopefully a minority) still try to defend Palin as a credible Leader of the Free World. You should all be ashamed of yourselves, if you have the depth of personality to achieve that much self-reflection.

Posted by: saintsubversive | July 9, 2009 2:13 PM

It seems she brought much of this upon herself. Even if she was the partisan pawn, one shouldn't go around calling opponents terrorists, etc. She was vicious. And the whole bit about 'we're the real America' was over the top and divisive. As for the ethics complaints, perhaps her ethics are as specious as her logic.

Posted by: Tourist | July 9, 2009 2:02 PM

It isn't about whether mothers are "more nurturing" or more involved. Fathers should be just as involved. And to those who say "she says one thing and does another", are you serious? My mother doesn't agree with dating outside your race, but I do it anyway. Is this a failure on her part? To some crazy conservatives, it might be. However, it doesn't change the fact that this is what she believes. It is the same with Palin. She doesn't believe in pre-marital sex but just because her daughter did it, it makes her a hypocrit? It would make Sarah Palin a hypocrit to say that and then have been an unwed 15 year old mother. It is such a stretch to say that the sins of the daughter automatically stain the mother. Sigh, still more examples why brilliant women refuse to go into politics. They can count on their every action and all the actions of their children being blasted across cyberspace 24/7.

Posted by: lafilleverte | July 9, 2009 2:01 PM

WHAT???! She doesn't have a job lined up? Doesn't the Israelli Knesset want her? She assured them on US TV that they had no truer friend! Some friend. Maybe she and Joe Cough-Phlegm-Ahem Liebermann can join forces and form a new office of the Knesset in the US House.

Posted by: yard80197 | July 9, 2009 2:00 PM

Anybody who thinks that Palin is a bad parent, go take a look on the Drudge Reports of the photo of Malia Obama wearing Daisy Dukes and looking like something out of Taxi Driver.
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Ha ha ha......I know the salacious use of Malia's pictures on the Drudge Report website seem to tittilate you. But those are hardly Daisy Duke's. Those are an insult to Daisy Duke's so shame on you. Go turn off "Safe Search" and Google images of Daisy Duke's. Alternately try Catherine Bach, who "invented" them.

You folks out there in right field need to get some fresh air and enjoy life a bit more. You're talking this way to seriously. Even God kicked back on the Seventh Day.

Daisy Dukes?? Are you kidding me?? Ok, add it to the list. Born in Kenya, Muslim, community organizer, dresses daughter in Daisy Duke's. Happy now???

Lmao.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: patrick10 | July 9, 2009 2:00 PM

"Anybody who thinks that Palin is a bad parent, go take a look on the Drudge Reports of the photo of Malia Obama wearing Daisy Dukes and looking like something out of Taxi Driver. Based on that photo, the Obamas will be grandparents before his term is out.

"However, when people like abby0802 make comments about her being a mother to her children, I want to slap somebody."

Do you have kids? Generally in most families the mother tends to be the nurturer much more than the father. I don't know about Palin's kids, however I do know that she herself is a m oron of the highest order. As are her followers.

Posted by: unpluggedboodah | July 9, 2009 1:52 PM

One of the reasons they might want to mention her daughter is Palin's adamant and uncompromising views about traditional family values and her religious and totally unworkable theory of abstinence from sex for teenagers.

She chastises liberals for allowing society to degenerate, in her opinion, but then unashamedly dragged her unwed preganant daughter on to a national stage and forced the girl into the spotlight. All the while, incredulously, brushing off the failure of abstinence in her family as "no big deal, what's all the fuss about?"

It was never about the daughter. It was always about Sarah. She tends to follow the doctrine of "don't do as I do, but do as I say."

Some of us, not all of course, but some of us, have had about a buttfull of people like her telling us how we don't live up to their hypocritical expectations of society as they dream it should be.

I miss Tammy Faye Bakker. And I will miss Sarah Palin too. She is to be revered for her comedic value. As Hunter S. Thompson used to say: "It hasn't gotten weird enough yet."

Posted by: patrick10 | July 9, 2009 1:45 PM

In other news, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.

Posted by: jpk1 | July 9, 2009 1:41 PM

I suggest Sarah put in an application with a company like 'Job Temps'. I think they specialize in short term assignments.

Posted by: queenofromania | July 9, 2009 1:39 PM

I am definitely not a Palin fan and would not vote for her for dog catcher. However, when people like abby0802 make comments about her being a mother to her children, I want to slap somebody. Has anyone said this to a man? Did anyone tell Al Gore to be a father to his son when he was being arrested for drugs? Nope, they just said "Oh they are dealing with it privately; what a wonderful parent" and yet because Sarah Palin's daughter had a baby, we have to slam her as a mother. News flash: babies are not illegal. It's women like Abby who keep other women from being able to achieve these heights. Shame on you.

Posted by: lafilleverte | July 9, 2009 1:13 PM

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I don't remember Al Gore throwing his son on a stage, extolling the "values" that everyone else should live by. Huge difference.

Sarah Palin "returned" to Alaska, and then ignored her state to keep herself relevant in the rest of the country. Perhaps that is why lawmakers (Republican, as well as Democrat) found that they could not work with her. It's hard to work with someone who isn't there, and who isn't focused on the job she should be doing.

It was her own party, as well as the Opposition, that found her impossible. Don't try to play the partisan split here. Some of us are smart enough to do some research on our own.

And if the media is so bad why does she invite them with her on a fishing trip? Palin's supporters will tell you that it is to clarify things. Well Palin's clarifications are as jumbled as her resignation speech. For a Journalism Major her communication skills SUCK!

Posted by: alysheba_3 | July 9, 2009 1:38 PM

Anybody who thinks that Palin is a bad parent, go take a look on the Drudge Reports of the photo of Malia Obama wearing Daisy Dukes and looking like something out of Taxi Driver. Based on that photo, the Obamas will be grandparents before his term is out.

I agree that the public seems to be biased towards the subject of Bristol, her daughter. We tend to ignore the childern of men and their lack of a "parenting" ablitiy but we place entire weights of judging a woman's poltics based how how she raises her kids. If anything, it should go to show you that she is just like the rest of us- she has her family problems and is sure as heck on our level!

Also, if you actually look at her accomplishments in Alaska before running, she does sound like quite the sucessful poltician. A mess of mishandled media and publicity I think messed her up. I would actually like to see what she could do with herself.

Posted by: NMR1989 | July 9, 2009 1:31 PM

Cariboob Barbie please just go away. You are an ignorant dolt who has become a national joke.

Posted by: gogmu012 | July 9, 2009 1:22 PM

Much ado about nobody.

Posted by: whocares666 | July 9, 2009 1:15 PM

I am definitely not a Palin fan and would not vote for her for dog catcher. However, when people like abby0802 make comments about her being a mother to her children, I want to slap somebody. Has anyone said this to a man? Did anyone tell Al Gore to be a father to his son when he was being arrested for drugs? Nope, they just said "Oh they are dealing with it privately; what a wonderful parent" and yet because Sarah Palin's daughter had a baby, we have to slam her as a mother. News flash: babies are not illegal. It's women like Abby who keep other women from being able to achieve these heights. Shame on you.

Posted by: lafilleverte | July 9, 2009 1:13 PM

I simply cannot believe that this woman is the darling of the conservative party. How can one be a quitter and a "fighter" at the same time? Why are people even listening to her when she stands there in her (extremely attractive) waders, or in front of a guy killing turkeys and completely reinvent the English language? Moreover how could anyone donate so much as a nickle in support of her ridiculous efforts? Certainly we are a bit smarter than than...aren't we?

Posted by: tdp2007 | July 9, 2009 1:09 PM

I have a job for Palin. How about trying to be a mother to her children? oops.... She already messed that one up, great parenting skills with Bristol.

How about she just go away?

How about the media not reporting on her anymore?

She's so yesterday's news, so irrelevant, so wacko....

Posted by: abby0802 | July 9, 2009 1:09 PM

This woman is an albatross. She needs to fade away before she further damages the GOP.